Successful social innovation requires an understanding of the fundamental forces at work and the flow of time and history.
Thoughts on Leviticus.
Alexis de Tocqueville observes that early American federalism assumed one starts with the small and builds to the large and it was based on religious and moral principles.
Lincoln's "best sort of principle" seems worth remembering, even if it's insufficient on its own.
Lao Tzu's vision of leadership is rooted in a faith in the Tao and this faith is critical to the realisation of true leadership.
Scripture teaches us that we need to think carefully about both how we give and our need to give.
An Hasidic tale.
Thoughts on a Viking poem.
Hadrian thinks he wants to see God. But he cannot conceive of God as anything but the greatest of idols - something else in the world with power over us.